Shaft-hanger



H. F. GADE. SHAFT HANGER.

APPLICATION F ILED DEC. 14, 1916.

Patented July 5, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARALD F. GADE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 STANDARD PRESSED STEEL COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORA- TION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SHAFT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed December 14, 1916. Serial No. 137,008.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARALD F. GADE, a subject of the King of Norway, having declared my intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certaln Improvements in Shaft-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shaft support ng structures, and consists of a novel and 1mproved form of shaft hanger in which the logs constituting such hanger and by means of which it is secured to a wall or ceiling may be formed of suitably rolled metal sections.

In the present instance, my invention comprises a shaft hanger in which the legs are of independent sections of commercial shape having throughout the major portion of their length a cross section which may be substantially V-shape in contour; the upper ends of said legs being outwardly flared and substantially flattened, with their ends turned over to form feet, while the lower ends of the hanger legs are preferably changed from the substantially V-shape section to a substantially U- or channel-shape cross section.

Spacing members or cross-braces are provided to connect the legs, and in the present instance, I provide a plurality of spacing members which are adapted to receive bolts to support a journal; the'ends of the lower cross-brace being shaped to embrace the channel-shaped lower ends of the legs, to which they are secured by suitable fastening means.

These and other features of my invention are more fully described hereinafter, referonce being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front elevation of a shaft hanger embodying my invention.

Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view on the line IIL-III, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view on the line IV-IV, Fig. 1.

Fig. 5, is a side elevation of a modified form of cross-brace or spacing member for the lower ends of the shaft hanger legs, and

Fig. 6, is a sectional view on the line VI-VI, Fig. 5.

In the drawings, I have shown a shaft hanger in which a pair of legs 1 formed of integral angular metal sections are provided.

.bolt for engagement with These legs may be of standard angle iron section bent or otherwise shaped into the desired form, and they have different cross sectional contours at a plurality of points throughout their length.

The lower portions 2 are substantially parallel with each other up to a point x,

. and at such point a combined bracing and mg centrally apertured for the passage. of a a journal-box. At the ends of this cross brace, ears 3 are provided which may extend above andbelow the top and bottom of the same; such ears being secured to the legs 1 by fastening means 3'.

The legs are flattened at their upper terminal ends as indicated at 4.- to form feet, in the manner indicated in the drawings, and by preference, such feet have a pressed-up (or depressed) central portion 5 to provide additional depth for the accommodation of fastening means and, incidentally, to add strength to this portion of the structure. The legs may taper gradually to a point substantially opposite the connecting or bracing member 3 from the feet, and I may provide strengthening means for the legs where they are bent to form the feet comprising knee sections 6 riveted or otherwise fastened by equivalent means to said legs, as indicated at '7. In addition, the upper ends of the legs are preferably connected together by spacing spreaders or crossbraces 8 riveted or fastened by equivalent means to the legs of the hanger, as indicated at 9; such spreaders preferably having a strengthening rib 10, longitudinally disposed with respect to the same.

The lower terminal ends of the legs 1 are changed from their normal cross-section, which may be V-shape in contour, to a channelor U-shape cross-section, as indicated at 11; such channel portion being relatively short. Connecting the lower ends of the legs is a spacing member or cross-brace 12, the ends of which embrace the channel ends lower terminals of said major portion unchanged in of the legs to which they may be secured by bolts and nuts, 13 and 14, or equivalent fastening. means. The cross-brace or spacing member 12 shown in Figs. 1, Zand 4, is of cast metal, but it will be obvious that a crossbrace of pressed metal may be employed, and suchstructure is shown at 12 in Figs. 5- and 6. This may have end project-ions or shoulders 15, engaging the outside walls of the legs.

In this structure, the hearing or journalboX (shown by broken lines) may be adjustably" supported by horizontally and vertically disposed bolts; the legs and the several bracing members being suitably constructed fortherecep'tion of such bolts and any necessary filling members, whichfmay be loose or secured in place in anyisuitable manner, together with the usual lock nuts.

Iclaim: 1. A shaft hanger comprising a pair of legs madeof standard or commercial metal Vshape in cross-section with the sharp edges outwardly disposed, each of said legs having its upper terminal end flattened and bentto form a foot disposed at right angles to the vertical plane of the hanger and the opposite and lower terminal end reshaped into channel form in cross-section, with the of the original V-shape metal cross-sectional character intermediate said terminal ends, a cross member at the lower part of the hanger having extremities embracing the channel-shaped legs, and means for connecting the cross member to said leg terminals.

2. A shaft hanger comprising a pair of legs made of standard or commercial metal ;V-shape in cross-section with the sharp edges outwardly disposed,each of said legs having its upper terminal end flattened and bent to form a foot disposed at right angles to the vertical plane of the hanger and the opposite and into channel form in cross-section, withthe major portion of the original V-shape metal unchanged in cross-sectional character intermediate said terminal ends, a bracing member connecting the hanger legs opposite the V-shaped portionsthereof, means connecting the ends of said bracing member to the flared walls of such V-shaped portions, across member at the lower part of the hanger having extremities embracing the channel-shaped lower terminals of said legs, and means for connecting the cross-member to said leg terminals.

3. A shaft hanger comprising a pair of legs made of standard'or commercial metal -V-shape in cross-section with the sharp edges hav outwardly disposed, each of said legs ing its upper terminal end flattened and bent to form a loot disposed at right angles to the vertical plane of the hanger and the opposite and lower terminal end reshaped into channel torm in cross-section, with the major portion of the originalV-shape metal unchanged in cross-sectional character intermediate said terminal ends, a continuous bracing and connecting member between the legs adjacent the feet thereof, means connecting the ends of said member to the legs lower terminal end reshaped.

below the feet, a bracing member connecting the hanger legs opposite the V-shaped portions thereof, means connecting said bracing member to the V shaped legs, a cross member at the lower part of the hanger having extremities embracing the channel-shaped lower terminals of said legs, and means for connecting the cross member and legs together.

HARALD F. GADE. 

